[Jack] Keeping tabs on the real estate market getting you down?
[high-pitched] There's gotta be a better way!
I'm Jack McBrayer, and we bring you eye-catching,
unique homes on the real estate market
that satisfy a hunger for...
color!
-[audience] Yay! -[Jack] Texture...
Oh!
...and outrageous surprises.
How'd you break your collarbone?
With stalactites hanging in my room.
[Jack laughs]
What's the theme of this bathroom?
[homeowner] It's the Wetlands.
-Ew. -[both laugh]
One house will be crowned --
the wildest! [voice echoes]
So join now!
[main theme music plays]
♪♪
[Jack] Along a coastline, featuring ocean views
and winding canyons,
Malibu, California delivers some of the most picturesque
scenery in the country.
It also features a home for sale where sculptural design
soars with inspiration from the skies.
This is either an evil villain's lair
or "The Powerpuff Girls" live here.
[airplane touching down]
♪♪
[Jack] Hello, gentlemen.
-Hello. -Oh, gentlemen.
How are you?
-Doing good. -Vittal?
-Yes, sir. -Yes, Amit?
-Amit. -A pleasure.
I'm Vittal. This is my dad, Amit.
And we're selling our art piece.
[Jack] This looks incredible.
Did y'all create this? Did y'all help build this?
Yeah, we have a design studio.
-Oh, OK. -Architectural design studio.
Yeah, and I learned from my dad all the design
and all the steps.
I'm a fifth-generation architect.
And I see it as a mission
to connect people to the art of living.
And we're selling The Aviator because the idea is to...
create something and let other people enjoy it also.
I cannot help but notice the shape of this.
It's got quite the angles here. What's the story there?
-My dad actually has dyslexia... -Oh.
which causes his brain -- most people, they process
2D to 3D.
So flat to 3D structure.
For him, he starts in the 3D and then breaks it down into 2D.
So it gives him a really unique perspective when it comes
to the artistry.
What a beautiful mind we got here.
-Yeah. -[Jack laughs]
-They made a movie about people like him. -[laughing]
[Jack] Let's go.
Whoa!
This is crazy.
♪♪
You guys, this is incredible.
-And y'all built this? -Yep.
[Vittal] We bought the land after the Woolsey fires in 2018,
and then he did the rest. -Oh...
Was this a burnt-out field then, if it was after the fires?
No, so there was a structure here before.
-OK. -Called the dome, the copper dome.
-Oh, a dome, OK. -Yeah.
-Yeah, the LAX pilot
used to use that as a pivot point.
So like pilots would use it as like a landmark?
-Exactly, exactly. -Yes.
What? Like a lighthouse?
-[Vittal] Almost, yeah. -[Amit] Yes, yeah.
[Vittal] When we designed this house, we had the responsibility
to build something unique enough
for the pilots to be able to use it as a landmark
and a pivot point. -[Jack] OK.
-To continue the tradition. -Yeah.
-It's like the cycle. -Interesting, I love that.
They call this property The Aviator.
Much of it designed
with the thought of aircrafts in mind.
[mimics flying effect]
Well, I guess that's a rocket.
This looks very open. How big is this place?
[Amit] It's about 3,100 square foot in closed space.
[Jack] Really?
We were limited because after the fires,
you had to stay with the same amount
of square footage you had before.
[Vittal] So that doesn't give us much creative room,
but we find ways to bend the rules
instead of breaking them.
The trick of the architecture here is steel frame
that goes in a 45-degree angle outwards.
[Jack] Oh.
[Vittal] And create more space.
[Jack] Which makes it bigger up there.
-I love it. -Yeah.
The rules say you can only use this footprint.
That's great. But guess what?
Your foot only touches here.
You can make it go out like this.
And that's what they did.
[high-pitched] Pew.
[Amit] When I do the design,
I divide it to three types of energies.
-The ground energy. -[Jack] Grounding.
[Amit] The floating energy, and the connecting energy.
And the first energy, let's call it
the ground energy, obviously.
-We're on the ground. -[Vittal] To feel grounded,
we use very basic materials.
-OK. -We don't buy furniture.
Everything is molded from concrete.
[Jack] I see this whole sofa. It's like built-in.
You're standing on the red wing right now.
-[Vittal] Of the airplane. -[Amit] Of the airplane.
[Jack] Oh, wow!
Oh, my gosh. I'd never done that.
[Amit] So it goes from here all the way to outside.
[Vittal] That's why it's designed like that.
Oh, my gosh! I didn't even see all this.
-This is nuts. -[Amit] Yeah.
[Amit] Yes, and we're gonna go up
to a little bit more of floating energy.
-Shall we? -Yeah, let's see.
-Let's do it. -Let's go.
♪♪
[Vittal] And, as you're walking up the stairs,
you get this little landing strip in here.
[Jack] I love it, cool.
[mimics pilot radio tone] And as you look to your left,
you'll see the window of the plane
showing the Santa Monica city and the ocean.
[Amit chuckles]
He's not lying. I love it.
And so we're going in here?
Yes, this is the Santa Monica bedroom.
Does it face Santa Monica?
No, it's because my uncle Santa Monica built it.
I hate it here.
No, yes, because it faces Santa Monica.
[laughing]
Santa -- I mean, look at this view.
-This is insane. -[Vittal] Yeah, yeah.
-It gives you such a free feeling. -Wow!
[Vittal] It's so gorgeous.
[Amit] If you look carefully, you see there's no post
or anything holding anything.
So everything is still framed that goes 45 degrees
into the soil.
So it gives you a feeling of flotation.
[Jack] I love it.
I want to connect people to the art of living.
And this is being part of art.
If I can create a foundation
and let someone else enjoy it afterwards,
that would be a treat for me.
Amit considers a home a piece of art.
It is this formed and created and designed thing,
and you just happen to sleep in it.
So we saw the grounding energy.
-Yes, yes. -We've been in the floating energy.
Let's go to the connecting energy.
-The connecting energy? -Yes.
Make sure that everything is connected together.
[Jack] I love it. Let's do this.
♪♪
Back on the first floor, yes?
So now we're going to open everything up,
and we'll connect the energy to the outside.
-To nature, basically. -[Jack] OK.
-[Jack] Getting your steps in. -[Vittal] It's my workout.
This is crazy.
I would be out here all day, every day.
[Vittal] Mm hmm.
[Jack] I see a great deal of geometry here.
I see triangles. I see circles.
Was this intentional? Is this with all of your designs?
Basically, what I believe in design is
to take something and extreme it.
That goes with the pool also.
Usually, people put pools.
They're making square pools or something.
-[Jack] Yeah, round or whatever. -[Amit] This is a triangle.
Just to piss people off a little bit.
-But... -[laughing]
And it works, and I wanted to be part of the unit itself
without just being thrown around.
Well, and I can't help, but notice.
I've seen these little, like, figures
at various points throughout the tour. -[Amit] Yes.
[Amit] So their name is DumDums.
Excuse me, sir. I know we just met.
-Oh, he's super comfortable. -Oh!
[Vittal] I guess they're gonna be intimate.
-Oh, sir! -[Amit laughs]
Oh!
DumDums. DumDums galore.
DumDums for everyone.
♪ Got a DumDum here, got a DumDum there ♪
♪ Here a DumDum there, a DumDum everywhere ♪
♪ DumDum, DumDum ♪ [chuckles]
What was the question?
Can you tell me more about what the expectation is
for a market like this?
The house design was against everybody's suggestions.
-OK. -Made brokers...
-Oh, really? -Yes.
If you loyal to your philosophy,
I think that's the fun part.
This is my biggest takeaway today.
It's the art of living.
[Vittal] My dad has dyslexia.
And I don't struggle with the same stuff he does.
But my dad always taught me that that's not to
let yourself be overcome by your limitations.
He has a very unique perspective on stuff.
And he's tried his best always to pass that down for me.
And he has, very successfully.
He still listen to me sometimes.
-[laughs] -[mouths] No, I really don't.
No, I'm kidding.
This has really just been an insightful day for me
as a person, and in my soul.
[laughing]
-Thank you for having me. -It was great to meet you.
Amit, you're so wild.
This has been absolutely perfect.
-[Amit] Thank you. -Have a good one.
[Jack] Let's see how this scored on the Wild Dial.
With its aviation theme,
floating balconies,
and triangular pool,
this work of art gets marks
for originality.
Every bold angle is structurally engineered
to maximize space.
And the wild factor soars,
as even pilots use the structure
for navigation,
when coming in for a landing.
♪♪
[Jack] There's a private showing for The Aviator.
Let's see if this wild home
will fly in a buyer.
[Kendra] Thank you so much for coming.
Did you feel the drama walking in with the red and black?
I did, and I felt the wind in my ears.
[laughs]
This aviator home does not compare to any other property
I've ever seen in Malibu.
Of course, I love the height
and the high ceilings and the, you know, skylights.
This home definitely requires a special buyer.
This bedroom is known as the Malibu bedroom
because of the views of Malibu.
Incredible. I could just buy this bedroom.
[laughs]
-Definitely buy it. [laughs] -It's beautiful.
Gorgeous.
The price of this home is not that bad compared
to every other home in Malibu.
Malibu is one of the most expensive places to live
on Earth.
But what about the safety on this house?
-So, yeah, I mean, of course... -Earthquakes, right?
We get earthquakes, yeah, quite a bit here in L.A.,
but this piece of property sits on bedrock,
and it's supported with caissons.
And this is steel and concrete. Very sturdy.
The Aviator has gotten so much attention,
so much spotlight on the property,
that it's meant to sell very soon.
This light fixture, yeah,
I can use those rings to go swing from.
The wild house needs a wild owner.
-Yeah, well... -[laughs]
[Jack] We'll check in later if they can navigate their way
to escrow.
This looks like the White House,
but we are in Atlanta, Georgia.
So what gives?
From bold designs to big personalities.
Tell me why you live in garbage!
You could be a handful.
[Jack] There's been a lot of both
at the incredibly wild homes for sale we've seen.
We can't help but be curious for a follow up.
Time to gas up and revisit Motor Lodge.
Hey, I'm Steve Darnell.
I lived in Las Vegas at the Motor Lodge.
♪♪
The Motor Lodge was my home for 14 years.
I bought it as a repossessed home
that was really rough, completely restored it,
and wound up selling it to a developer
and moved out to Goodsprings, Nevada.
You know, it was a little sad to sell the home
because I built it to never leave.
But I feel like it was probably a good time to go.
I want to create my own town inside the town.
Like, guys can come learn how to weld in there
and, like, forge with blacksmithing.
-And you'll also live there? -Yeah, I'll live there.
-Wow! -Yeah.
So when I left the Motor Lodge, I was allowed to take
everything that I owned.
I literally moved my pool house down the 15 freeway
in the middle of the night.
We're probably gonna go to jail tonight.
Anything that I could take, I put it on a trailer,
and I hauled it out here, and I'm reusing all of that
in this property.
The house that I live in now is from 1905.
I restored the whole thing inside and pretty much out.
I just want it to look like you've stepped back
into time in the 1930s.
It's my dream for people to see things that, you know,
created our world 100 years ago,
so I've done a lot of work.
But to be able to come out here
and creatively build what you want to build,
that's kind of cool.
[Jack] I'm in Atlanta, Georgia to tour a new listing in a neighborhood
known for its stately mansions.
But I feel like I've taken a wrong turn
and ended up in D.C.
The house I'm pulling up to is giving more our nation's capital
than Georgia's capital.
♪♪
[presidential music plays]
[over radio] Jack Rabbit is on site. Stand by.
♪♪
Oh.
It's good to be president
of "Zillow Gone Wild."
♪♪
[over radio] Jack Rabbit is on the move.
[doorbell marching band tone]
-Hello! -Jack!
Annie, how are you?
-Hello! -Very good.
And Tiffany...
Well, I get a hug, too! Good to see you.
-I mean... -Y'all, thank you so much.
Now, this is not your house, correct?
Correct.
-I'm Annie. -I'm Tiffany.
We're the brokers that represent
the Atlanta White House.
The owner is selling the home
because her kids are off to college,
and now it's just her.
[Jack] This looks like the White House,
but we are in Atlanta, Georgia.
So what gives?
[Annie] Well, you know, the original builder
came here from the Middle East. -OK.
And his wife wanted a White House,
and he sent the artisan to the White House,
and here we have it.
So he sent somebody to the White House
in Washington, D.C. -[Annie] Yeah, yes.
-To stu -- -Yes, to study the White House.
-And then recreate it? -Exactly.
[Tiffany] The exterior is a replica of the White House.
[Jack] OK.
[Tiffany] Even down to these details,
like the chandelier in the middle.
-[Jack] That's what I recognize. -[Tiffany] Yes.
And above the windows, these alternating pediments,
the triangular and the arched, -[Jack] Oh, yeah.
which is exactly the same as the White House.
-[Jack] Unbelievable. -[Tiffany] Yeah.
And so, inside exactly the same, too, then?
It's inspired.
The inside is inspired by the White House.
Well, not that I know the difference anyway,
but I am so excited to see this.
-Yes, let's go. -Let's go!
Oh, I am underdressed.
Oh, my gosh.
Y'all.
You walk in, and that staircase just
makes that little hourglass figure.
[whistles]
That's a staircase!
It is intended to be an incredibly grand
first impression of the house,
and it do the job.
So the people who built this house really wanted to just
embody that American feel of the White House,
like we are here,
are they the people who still own it?
No, there's a new owner.
-Her name is Kathy. -Yeah?
And she came here from Vietnam
about 30 years ago with only $200 in her pocket.
She landed in New York, and her sister wanted an apple,
and it cost $1.79.
She's like, "What am I gonna do?"
-I only have $200. -That's a big chunk.
And she's like, that's the moment where she said,
"I have to make it here."
Was the house what drew her to Atlanta?
This White House is pretty much an unofficial landmark
of Atlanta. -Is that true?
So she drove by with her family,
and her husband said he wants to live in the Atlanta White House.
And everyone was laughing.
She's like, "I'm going to get the White House."
-Was it even on the market? -It wasn't not on the market.
-No. -No!
-This is insane. -Yeah.
This is absolutely crazy. Well, I would love to see more.
[Tiffany] Listen, this is incredible.
But first, Jack, we want you to turn this way
and open up those double doors.
-The door? -[both] Yes.
We have something very special to show you.
Special or scary? Sometimes people scare me.
-I don't like that. -Just brace yourself...
-You ready? -...and open the doors.
Let's go.
Oh, is this the Oval Office?
-[chuckling] -Oh, my gosh!
[presidential music plays]
[Jack] This is nuts.
Is this what the Oval Office looks like?
It's what the Atlanta Oval Office looks like.
[laughing]
[Jack] This is crazy.
[Annie] Yes, look at the presidential seal.
[Jack] There's a presidential seal, in the ceiling?
[Annie] Yes. Please sit.
-Have a seat. -See what it feels like.
Let me pass some bills.
-[Tiffany] Yes. -Let me have a moment.
Ah, veto.
Forum.
-Quorum? -[Tiffany] Do you feel it?
[Annie] Are you feeling it, Jack?
-Do you feel presidential? -Great leader, y'all.
You look comfortable, Jack, but the owner
doesn't use this office.
It's a place for her to pay respect.
-[Jack] I love this. -[Annie] To America.
[Jack] But this desk is phenomenal.
Would the desk come with the house?
The desk does come with the house.
[Jack] Amazing.
And rumor has it that it was created by the same
manufacturer who created the President's Resolute Desk.
-No! -[Tiffany] Yes.
Well, then I get it that she'd want to be,
like, respectful.
This is insane.
We have more to show you, Jack.
I was about to say, the White House has got more rooms.
It's not just this. Please.
-Let's continue on then. -Yes.
We want you to take it all in.
Why don't you head up this grand staircase right here?
It would be rude not to.
[Annie] The property is on three acres,
over 16,000 square feet with 13 bedrooms
and 17 bathrooms.
-This is huge. -[Tiffany] It is.
So why don't you head this way towards the back here.
[Jack] Ooh.
Oh, you guys.
-[Annie] Isn't this incredible? -[Jack] Oh, my gosh!
This is insane. Look at this.
You got a waterfall.
So we are standing on the Truman Balcony,
which is a part of the White House.
[Tiffany] Exactly.
So this house has a very specific...
feel to it. -Yeah, yeah.
And it has served the previous owners very well.
You know, the owner rents out the property,
they have events here,
and we would actually love to show you
one of those event spaces.
Let's head back down the stairs.
-I love it, this way? -OK, yes.
-All right. -Right.
[Annie] You're going to turn right and go down the stairs.
[Jack] You got it. More stairs.
-[Annie] OK, I know. -I didn't see this here.
Oh, look at that parlor.
This is crazy. I can't stop looking at stuff.
Look at this.
Oh.
Now this is where I'm going to have a bar mitzvah.
[laughing]
[Jack] This place is so big.
There's a lot of events being thrown here.
From family events to business events.
But then also, it's a real house.
So we were able to attend
the owner's son's graduation party,
and so all the kids were here in family.
So, you know, this house is spectacular because
it is this architectural, you know,
homage to the White House. -Right.
But also a real family lives here,
and she's raised her sons here.
I love it. OK, so I do got to see more.
I see this beautiful yard. Can we?
-Yes, please. -Let's go.
We would love to show you outside.
Oh!
Oh, Jackie like, yeah.
That is a big pool.
-[Tiffany] Isn't that incredible? -[Annie] Yeah.
OK, and so from here,
I get to see the full scope of the exterior from the back.
-I see that Truman Balcony. -[Annie] Uh huh.
What would a potential buyer look forward to
with taking on the Atlanta White House?
This house is definitely, Jack, for dreamers.
[Annie] You can do anything. This is the American dream.
[Jack] I like that. The feeling of inspiration.
Because clearly, that is the source of where
the original owners and where Kathy were drawn to this spot.
[Tiffany] It's very special.
We don't take it lightly that we get to represent
a property like this.
I mean, it's truly a legacy property for somebody who wants
to build their legacy here also.
-[Jack] Voilà -- America. -Right, right.
I really appreciate you sharing this dream house
with the dreamers.
-See what I did there? -We appreciate you.
Yeah. Thank you, Jack.
-Y'all take care. -Bye.
[Jack] How does the Atlanta White House stack up?
Having a brick-by-brick replica of the exterior
600 miles
from the original White House
is certainly creative.
By honoring the architecture
and symbolism of the original,
this White House embodies commitment.
And an Oval Office salute
that's more monument than workspace
is reverently wild.
It's a cross-country face off
between these two architectural marvels.
But before we crown a wild winner,
let's see if either is winning over the market.
The Aviator and Atlanta White House
remain available
and continue to host showings
while they wait for the perfect match.
Let's find out which unique home is the wildest of the pack.
Will The Aviator soar to the top?
Or can Atlanta White House secure a victory?
And our wildest home is...
The Aviator!
[Jack] Hey, fellas, how are you?
[both] Hi! Nice to see you.
You gentlemen should have received a little something
special from us, so let's see it.
Open that box.
Whoa!
[laughing]
-Whoa! -Woo!
Hey, congratulations.
Yours is the wildest house we saw.
-Pretty cool, huh? -[Amit] That's amazing.
Thank you guys so much. We're so honored.
[Jack] This house is an engineering feat that fuses geometric shapes
with aerodynamic design to achieve your vision
of connecting people to the art of living.
It's gonna be really bittersweet to move on,
but this helps. This helps.
[Jack] But there's still more wild ahead.
There's a great deal of trust going into not having
a full door here.
We were married 40 years.
-That's beautiful. -There you go.
Gravity is not my friend.
[screams, laughs]
[homeowner] Oh, is it a little tight?
No! Too much!